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Jacks eliminated from CCAA tourney

ARCATA — A game that featured four home runs was eventually decided by a pair of seventh-inning dinks that kept Cal State San Bernardino alive with a 7-6 win over Humboldt State at the California Collegiate Athletic Association Softball Championships on Friday.

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Commencement Set For May 17

Arcata - Some 2,200 graduates and credential recipients are scheduled to cross the stage on Saturday, May 17, when Humboldt State University hosts its 2008 Commencement, expected to draw an estimated 25,000 guests to Redwood Bowl.

Physics & Astronomy Student Shines at National Forum

Arcata – Arcata student and physics major Liam Furniss recently represented Humboldt State University at a national conclave where he introduced results of his experimental research of dark energy in the Gravity Research Laboratory at HSU’s Department of Physics and Astronomy.

HSU Confers Honorary Doctorates

Arcata – Humboldt State’s Commencement exercises on May 17 will include the award of honorary doctorates to a distinguished Tribal leader and an alumnus of international stature.

Jacks to host NCAA West Region tourney

ARCATA – With one tournament currently in progress, Humboldt State softball learned today that it will be hosting another next week when the NCAA announced that the West Region Division II Championships will be played in Arcata.

Energy Students Win EPA Laurel

Arcata - Seven Humboldt State University students from the Renewable Energy Student Union (RESU) have won national recognition for a design project to monitor wind resources.

HSU Hosts Xi’an Provost

Madam Liu Yuelian, Provost and Vice President of Xi’an International Studies University (XISU) in the People’s Republic of China, will visit Humboldt State University from May 4 to May 7. She will meet with President Rollin Richmond, Provost Robert Snyder, other academic leaders and interested faculty to discuss a broad range of topics on academic cooperation and collaboration.

Football Sneak Preview Saturday

ARCATA — It’s only been three weeks since the new Humboldt State football coaching staff first glimpsed its players in pads. And while first-year head coach Rob Smith would certainly like to have more time with the group, he’s generally pleased with having made their acquaintance.

Softball: CCAA Tournament next task for Lumberjacks

This Week’s Games: Humboldt State softball will again host the California Collegiate Athletic Association Championship Tournament, schedule for Thursday through Saturday. The event begins with CSU Stanislaus and Cal State San Bernardino facing off at 1 p.m., followed by HSU taking on CSU Monterey Bay at 3:30 p.m. All games will be played on the HSU Softball Field.

Rowers prepare for WIRA Championships

This Week’s Event: Humboldt State resumes its season with competition at the Western Intercollegiate Rowing Association Championships, scheduled for Saturday and Sunday on Lake Natoma, near Rancho Cordova. More than 30 programs from all three NCAA affiliations will participate.

Track & Field: Athletes set to chase conference prominence

This Week’s Meet: Humboldt State’s second year of membership in the California Collegiate Athletic Association culminates this week when the Lumberjacks participate in the CCAA Track & Field Championships, hosted by Cal State Los Angeles. Competition in the decathlon and heptathlon open the meet Thursday, both of those events concluding early Friday. The rest of Friday’s schedule features heats and selected finals on the track and in the field, with the bulk of the finals scheduled for Saturday.

Big HSU Music Weekend

The busiest weekend of the HSU Music Department spring performance calendar begins at 8 p.m. on Thursday, May 1 with the student AM Jazz Band playing jazz classics from the Big Band 1930s through the fusion era of the 1970s.

Fisheries Dedication Honors Allen, Scott

Arcata – Humboldt State University will conduct dedications in early May to commemorate outstanding individual contributions to the University and the community.

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Beyond the Taco-Truck Paradigm

Kalindi Rogers and Erin Slattery have nothing personal against burritos. Like countless generations of students before them, the two have sampled more than their fair share of taco truck offerings.

Now Online - How To Go Extra-Green

If recycling and re-using shopping bags just don’t feel like enough anymore, you’re in luck. Your next steps are now online. Following recipe-like directions, you can build your own super-efficient rocket stove. Or install a solar heated shower. Or mix your own paint.

Museum Grant Buoys Teachers

Arcata – Humboldt State University’s Natural History Museum has received a $10,000 grant from the Fortuna-based McLean Foundation to buttress the museum’s partnerships with area teachers and schools.

Raving About Study Abroad

Arcata - Humboldt State University undergraduates are keen as they can be about studying in another country and they underscore how affordable it is.

Humboldt State named host for 2008 CCAA Softball Championships

WALNUT CREEK, Calif. (April 21) – Humboldt State, which clinched a conference playoff berth last weekend, has been named the host institution for the 2008 California Collegiate Athletic Association (CCAA) Softball Championships, commissioner Robert J. Hiegert announced on Monday.

10 Min. Play Fest Marks 10th Birthday

It started in a classroom a decade ago, to become one of the most anticipated and popular events on the annual HSU performance schedule. Beginning April 24, the HSU Ten Minute Play festival celebrates its tenth birthday with this year’s slate of imaginative comedies, dramas and fantasies created and performed by HSU students.

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Y.E.S. Brings People to Life

Arcata - Humboldt State University wildlife major Lindsey Payne believes all people should take up volunteer service at some point in their lives.
 “You get to learn a lot about yourself, and you have fun doing it,” she says.

Earth Day Every Day

Earth Day is coming, but at HSU, one day is not enough. We’ve rounded up a variety of events the students at HSU have organized of this celebration. Earth Day goes back to the late ‘60s as a United Nations, and eventually a global environmental teach-in.

HSU Oceanography Prof Hits the Airwaves

Got cable? Professor Greg Crawford gives a televised presentation on the Research Channel on April 27, 2008. The program will air four times that day: 1:00 a.m., 7:00 a.m., 1:00 p.m. and 7:00 p.m. (Pacific time).

Status quo for Jacks in regional, national polls

ARCATA - After sweeping last weekend’s four-game series against UC San Diego, Humboldt State Softball continues to top the NCAA Division II West Region poll for the fourth week in a row while remaining at the No. 6 slot in the National Fastpitch Coaches Association Division II Top 25 poll released Wednesday.

HSU Students Donate Meal Points To Food Drive

Students at Humboldt State University have the opportunity between now and April 25 to donate a portion of their meal points as part of a regional food drive organized by the HSU Service Learning Center. Donated meal points will be used to purchase food from the school’s vendor, and these relief food supplies will be delivered directly to Food for People, the Food Bank for Humboldt County.